The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-10
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The President has appointed Nathan 6.
Brady postmaster at Beaufort, S. G.
The estimate of the national debt to-day
shows reduction of T9000,000 since the |
lst of January
The House committee on public build. |
ngs has agreed to report 500, 900 for Il |
building ut Ncwbcrnc, N. G.
There is no change in the Senatorial
ieadlocks i'll Indiana, West Virginia and
Texas.
Belfast is quiet again, the rioters arrested
5 turday night and last night were arraigncd
md rcmanded for trial.
An order has been issued forbidding
ltussian newspapers to publish other than
Official notices of military movements.
The blizzard in Manitoba continues with
unabatcd severity, the thermometer rcris
tcring so degrees below zero.
The judges have refused to transfer the
trial OF the government cases against John
Dillon to the court Of the Queens Bench
The Cincinnati Sun has suspended pub
lication. This result was caused by radical
differences Of opinion among the owners
Doodle Alderman O'Ncill has been CON
Victcd Of completely in the broadway rail.
road franchise bribery.
The Hon. Geo. II. Pcndlcton, minister 10
Berlin, has returned to the United States
to remain month.
There was some excitement on the Paris
B"urSc, yesterday, owing to the political sit,
uation in Europe.
The House committee has rcDOrtcd nd
vcrScly on the bill to pension Mrs. Logan
and Mrs. Blair.
Congressman Reagan has been elected
United States Senator from Texas, to sue.
cGcd Maxcy.
The Senate has on its calendar n bill TO
ccdc the old arsenal property in Charleston
to the Trustees of the Porter Academy.
There is an order called "Knights of the
Golden Eagle" We suppose the assessment
is 500 a Knight.
Raymond Belmont, son of August Bel
mont, the well known banker of New York.
shot himself on Monday morning. Cause
| unknown.
The Supreme Court OF Missouri has
granted stay OF the execution Of Maxwell
the murderer ct Prcllcr pending the dcci
sion on his appeal.
The discussion Of the retaliation bill by
Congress has excited the people of the DO.
inlnion considerably. Their troops are
drilling actively.
a rumor is current in London that the
army reserves Of the first class are abUut to
b. called out The ,Stdnd,trd denies the
report.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed Il
bll providing for the submission Of the rro.
hihltion amendment to the State Cons;i,u-
ti"n to vote Of the people,
Miss Van Iandt and August Spies were
married by proxy on Tuesday, the Groom
being rcprcScntcd by his BROTHER a sub.
urban Justice of the peace oificiatcd.
The President has accepted the rcsirno.
ton of Gen p. NJ. B. Young, of Georgia,
Consul General at st. Petersburg, but has
not yet selected his successor.
No clue has been obtained by Tie nolicc
OF the burglars who tried to rob the post
office Sailcc at Jersey City, which with
stood all attempts of The hurglurs.
The new Academy of Music was opened
III l,anVillc, Va, Tuesday night. II is one
CT 'hc handsomcSt theatres in the South
he occasion Was one Of great rejoicing for
DtMVillr.
The Limerick municipal council has re-.
fused to celebrate the Queens Jubilee, ON
| the ground that the Queen has visited Ire
| land only twice and has never assisted Irish
| charities
Michael Davitt and his wife arrived 1T
| Dublin Wednesday and was enthusiast.
Caiiy greeted. They were escorted TO their
| hotel by torchlight procession and bands
OF music
| Tie British ship Kok,mda. from London
| i"r .trrrmantlc, Australia, December If.
with cmigrants, colldcd with an unknown
vessel near the coast Of Brazil Three hun
| drrd persons were lost.
y company has been Organized in New
| Orleans in opposition to the American Cot
| tom Seed Oil Trust Company. Much of
IN" stock Of tue new concern is held by
| planters.
The General Assembly of Alabama has
rcGohVcned, after Il recess Of 40 days The
House passed Il bill making the keeping of
a gambling house felony, punishable by
| imprisonment in the pcnitcntiary.
{. l.. Icryic, of Rolling Fork. Miss.
vino pleaded guilty to robbing the mails,
was sentenced to three years Imprisonment
III the Albany pcnitcntiary.
Governor Foraker, of Ohio, has pubIiclv
anMolnccd, in reply to an inquiry, that he
Wli! not hc \ candidate for denomination,
assigning us reason his professional in
tCrcStS.
~ lhc advice Of counsel, the Union Pa
ci"c ktllroad Company decided TO cease
l'c issue OF all complimentary passes as
$nnn rs the inter State law goes into effect
lhc decision applies TO every species of
GtCV travel.
Passengers on the steamship Umbria.
just arrived at Liverpool from New York
complain that the smoking room of the
vessel was used as "gnmblng hell" The
matter Will be investigated
John ID. LisIc, discount clerk in the First
National Bank of Baltimore. is missing
and his accounts show him to be q dcfaultCr
in $50, 900. He had deceived the bank cN
amincr by showing him forged notes.
At the Vienna Council Of Ministers.
Count Kalnoky declared that Austria's re-
lat!ons with Russia were much improved.
The tension between Germany and France
he said was increasing.
At Il farm house near East Hanover
Penn, Rebecca Buck, aged 30, was found
hanging in the attic, dead. Her desperate
decd SO affected the mind of her mother,
aged y, that she too hanged herself in the
same place.
About 1900 of Lorillard's strikers re-
turned to work yesterday morning on the
firms terms and the strike is ended. The
LoriIlards nave ali tho hands they will en-